Samuel Wilberforce

Samuel Wilberforce ( born September 7, 1805 in Clapham, London, † July 19, 1873 in Abinger near Dorking ) was an Anglican bishop.

Life and work

Samuel Wilberforce was the third son of William Wilberforce and his wife Barbara ( 1777-1847 ). He studied from 1823 at Oriel College, Oxford. There Wilberforce received his degree as Bachelor of Arts in 1826 and in 1829 as Master of Arts. In 1828 he was ordained and married Emily, daughter of Reverend John Sargent ( 1780-1855 ). From 1830 to 1840 he was rector in Bright Stone on the Isle of Wight. 1839 Wilberforce archdeacon of Surrey, and in 1841 chaplain to Prince Albert. From 1840 to 1843 he served as rector of Alverstoke ( Hampshire).

1845 Wilberforce Dean of Westminster and a doctorate in Oxford for divinitatis Doctor ( Doctor of Divinity ). In November 1845 he was appointed Bishop of Oxford. On December 18, 1845 took him to the Royal Society as a member.

On June 30, 1860, came at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for the so-called " Huxley - Wilberforce debate" about Charles Darwin's writing The Origin of Species, in Wilberforce, a later wide rezipiertes war of words with the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley delivered.

The office as Bishop of Oxford from Wilberforce practiced until 1869. He was then Bishop of Winchester. Bishop Wilberforce died after he was thrown from his horse near Dorking. He is buried in the church cemetery in Lavington.

Writings (selection )

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship. Rivingtons, London 1832; digitized version
The Note Book of a Clergyman Contry. London 1833; digitized version
The Apostolical Ministry Its Difficulties, Strength, and Duties; Sermon Preached in a the Church of St. Thomas, Newport, Isle of Wight, Oct. 23, 1833 at the Visitation of Charles Richard, Lord Bishop of Winchester and Published at the request of the Lord Bishop and Clergy of the Deanery. L.B. Seeley, Surrey 1833
Journals and letters of the Rev. Henry Martyn, BD, late Fellow of St John 's College, Cambridge and chaplain to the honorable East India Company. RB Seeley and W. Burnside, London 1837-2 volumes; Band 1, Band 2
The Life of William Wilberforce. Murray, London 1838, 5 volumes - Robert Isaac Wilberforce; Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Volume 5
Eucharistica: Meditations and Prayers with selected passages on the most Holy Eucharist from old English Divines. London 1839;
Agathos, and other Sunday Stories. RB Seeley & W. Burnside, London 1840; 5th edition 1841
The Correspondence of William Wilberforce. J. Murray, London, 1840, 2 volumes - Robert Isaac Wilberforce; Band 1, Band 2
A Letter to the Right Hon Henry, Lord Brougham, on the Government Plan of Education. J. Burns, London 1840
The Rocky Iceland and Other Similitudes. J. Burns, London 1841
A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America. J. Burns, London 1844; digitized version
A reproof of the American Church. W. Harned, New York 1846; digitized version
The shouts and Weeping of a Day of Jubilee: A Sermon Preached in the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster, June 15, 1852, being the close of the Third Jubilee of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. George Bell, London 1852
Heroes of Hebrew History. Strahan & Co, London 1870
Essays Contributed to the Quarterly Review. J. Murray, London, 1874, 2 volumes

Evidence

Eminent Persons: Biographies, Reprinted from The Times. MacMillan, London 1892-1897, 6 volumes

Samuel Wilberforce

Life and work

Writings (selection )

Evidence

Further Reading